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When thinking about luxury, the first question that comes to mind is, what is a luxury brand? I am sure there are thousands of brands that would be quick to think of themselves as luxury brands but are they right? Many so-called luxury goods fall into the category of ‘nouveau luxe’ or afforded luxury...
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The phenomenon of cheaper, faster, better (better in terms of having more options) is more a result of global economics than it is a corporate mandate. If you think about Bauhaus (the origins of Industrial Design) and how it was intended to provide a social service of making houses and household product...
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There are 365 days in the year and our travel luggage spends most of that time buried away in the closet. When luggage is not being used, it takes away valuable space, and adds to the frustration of clutter creating awkward surfaces that are difficult integrate with other items. After 100 years in...
Articles, Experience Design, Industrial Design, Retail Design, Service Design, sustainability, Uncategorized
Recently there have been a few great and green projects that have caught my eye and feel the need to share these innovations with all of you… The Clever Little Bag by Puma Recently Puma announced the Clever Little Bag that will reduce their environmental footprint. As a shoelover, a shoebox is...
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A retailer’s primary role may be that of curator and tastemaker, but that doesn’t mean that the crowds can’t pitch in to help. Modcloth is a Pittsburgh-based online retailer that sells affordable, independent designer women’s fashion. With a recently launched initiative called...
Business Models, Experience Design, Retail Design, Service Design, Social Media
There’s a growing dining trend in several North American cities that has been gaining a lot of momentum. Instead of trying to just bring new customers to their restaurants, innovative thinking restaurateurs are also bringing their restaurants to new customers. Catering trucks and street food...
Industrial Design, Retail Design
Cubis is an innovative packaging concept design that is a stackable, flip-top plastic beverage container, usable with one hand, even by a toddler. Because of its cube shape, the Cubis increases shelf value by allowing far more product to be displayed in the same space. The high volume efficiency of...
Business Models, Economics, Retail Design
Spent a few hours in Nanjing Lu, the main shopping street in Shanghai with lots of shopping malls, department stores and restaurants… in a nutshell: everything the Chinese and tourists want in one street. I first visited this street 25 years ago and it was very different. Today’s Shanghai is...
Explorations, Featured Explorations, Retail Design, Technology
In our current economic climate, large home renovation projects are fewer in number. Despite a lack of new building projects, the desire to tinker with the look of our living rooms hasn’t gone away – we just need to be smarter about design. Small changes in furniture, fabric and paint can...
Articles, Experience Design, Industrial Design, Retail Design, Strategic Innovation
Every one loves the sexy side of design and that is probably the most visible part of the profession. Many neglect the less sexy side of design: the solving of very complex problems in the world. Designers are strategists too, although sometimes they don’t know it. In the course of finding solutions,...
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